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1974 Texas Tech

6–⁠4–⁠2 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Carlen.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1974, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 24–3; tied at New Mexico 21–21; won vs. No. 6 Texas 26–3; won vs. Oklahoma State 14–13; lost at No. 16 Texas A&M 7–28; won vs. No. 9 Arizona 17–8; won at SMU 20–17; lost at Rice 7–21; won vs. TCU 28–0; lost at Baylor 10–17; lost vs. Arkansas 13–21; tied vs. Vanderbilt 6–6+28−21Won 24–3 vs. Iowa State+21Iowa StateTied 21–21 at New Mexico0New MexicoWon 26–3 vs. No. 6 Texas+23No. 6 TexasWon 14–13 vs. Oklahoma State+1Oklahoma StateLost 7–28 at No. 16 Texas A&M-21No. 16 Texas A&MWon 17–8 vs. No. 9 Arizona+9No. 9 ArizonaWon 20–17 at SMU+3SMULost 7–21 at Rice-14RiceWon 28–0 vs. TCU+28TCULost 10–17 at Baylor-7BaylorLost 13–21 vs. Arkansas-8ArkansasTied 6–6 vs. Vanderbilt0Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsIowa StateW 24–⁠372%
Sep 21atNew MexicoT 21–⁠2169%
Sep 28vs6TexasW 26–⁠354%
Oct 5vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠1374%
Oct 12at16Texas A&ML 7–⁠2861%
Oct 19vs9ArizonaW 17–⁠861%
Oct 26atSMUW 20–⁠1757%
Nov 2atRiceL 7–⁠2177%
Nov 9vsTCUW 28–⁠088%
Nov 16atBaylorL 10–⁠1760%
Nov 23vsArkansasL 13–⁠2166%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsVanderbiltPeach BowlT 6–⁠653%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Vanderbilt 6–⁠6 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 10
  2. Wk 6: 9
  3. Wk 7: 17
  4. Wk 8: 11
  5. Wk 9: 13
  6. Wk 10: 19
  7. Wk 11: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
193–⁠158
Coach
Jim Carlen
Elo
1575 −62 this season
SP+ rating
11.1 No. 36 of 124; offense No. 79, defense No. 9
SRS
10.2 No. 33 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Richard Bell
Offense
No-huddle option
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 7Lawrence Williams WRNew England Patriots

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Larry IsaacRBAP-2
  • Ecomet BurleyDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Baylor6–⁠18–⁠414
Texas A&M5–⁠28–⁠316
Texas5–⁠28–⁠417
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas Tech3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠2
Rice2–⁠52–⁠8–⁠1
TCU0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.